Chase Freedom Q2 Bonus Transaction Results

[Anonymous]

Just a few results from the first week of Q2 on the Chase Freedom 5% on Groceries/Warehouse Clubs.

1. Yes, you can buy Costco Cash Cards at costco.com and get 5% cashback, so effectively you can take advantage of Freedom's 5% at Costco stores even though they don't take Visa yet.

2. No, you do not get 5% at WalMart, even Super Walmart. Despite some speculation I heard that Super-WalMarts would qualify for the 5% on groceries, you do *not* get 5% at WalMart, even those which code as grocery for other cards (e.g. SallieMae, USBank Travel, CCU Visa). This shouldn't be a surprise, since WalMart and Target are specifically called out as not qualifying in Chase's bonus calendar, but I thought it worth noting.

3. Aldi qualifies as grocery for 5%. Again, not a big surprise, but as Aldi only recently started accepting credit cards, I thought it was relevant information.

Chris.

[Imperfectfuture]

They specifically excluded Walmart. It coded as groceries on my arrival. Two cards went into shut off mode when used at Walmart (first time use). Arrival and discover. Called arrival it worked. Discover did not work until called. Barclays seems to like Walmart for groceries, but they also count amazon fresh as groceries. YMMV.

[Aprile421]

I learned this week that if you are planning to go to Disney world Sams Club sells $150.00 Disney GCs for $142.00. I went through ebates for the cash back and used my Chase Freedom card at Sams Club online. I got the 5% bonus plus saved 8 dollars on 150 and got 2.5% back from ebates. We have a trip to Disney in 2 weeks and this worked out perfect.

[kdm31091]

Walmart may code as groceries on a different card (for some locations) but since Chase specifically excludes it on the list, my guess is they are making sure they don't give people the points, regardless of the usual coding.

[deltatee]

Awesome! Thanks for confirming Costco gift cards for us!

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just a few results from the first week of Q2 on the Chase Freedom 5% on Groceries/Warehouse Clubs.

1. Yes, you can buy Costco Cash Cards at costco.com and get 5% cashback, so effectively you can take advantage of Freedom's 5% at Costco stores even though they don't take Visa yet.

2. No, you do not get 5% at WalMart, even Super Walmart. Despite some speculation I heard that Super-WalMarts would qualify for the 5% on groceries, you do *not* get 5% at WalMart, even those which code as grocery for other cards (e.g. SallieMae, USBank Travel, CCU Visa). This shouldn't be a surprise, since WalMart and Target are specifically called out as not qualifying in Chase's bonus calendar, but I thought it worth noting.

3. Aldi qualifies as grocery for 5%. Again, not a big surprise, but as Aldi only recently started accepting credit cards, I thought it was relevant information.

Chris.

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Costco doesn't take Visa? But we also used to pay with a visa card

[delaney1]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Just a few results from the first week of Q2 on the Chase Freedom 5% on Groceries/Warehouse Clubs.

1. Yes, you can buy Costco Cash Cards at costco.com and get 5% cashback, so effectively you can take advantage of Freedom's 5% at Costco stores even though they don't take Visa yet.

2. No, you do not get 5% at WalMart, even Super Walmart. Despite some speculation I heard that Super-WalMarts would qualify for the 5% on groceries, you do *not* get 5% at WalMart, even those which code as grocery for other cards (e.g. SallieMae, USBank Travel, CCU Visa). This shouldn't be a surprise, since WalMart and Target are specifically called out as not qualifying in Chase's bonus calendar, but I thought it worth noting.

3. Aldi qualifies as grocery for 5%. Again, not a big surprise, but as Aldi only recently started accepting credit cards, I thought it was relevant information.

Chris.

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Costco doesn't take Visa? But we also used to pay with a visa card

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Only Visa debit cards in store, at least, until June when Visa credit cards will be accepted